Charles Smith Wines Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2021

Riesling from Ancient Lakes, Columbia Valley, Washington

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Product Details

Varietal

Riesling

Region

Ancient Lakes, Columbia Valley, Washington

Producer

Charles Smith Wines

Vintage

2021

Size

750ML

ABV

12%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Fresh and bright aromas of jasmine, apricot, white peach and honeysuckle jump out of the glass. Incredible focus on the palate, with beautifully balanced acidity

and sweetness. Minerality, citrus and honey round out flavors.

Blend: 93% Riesling, 4% Pinot Gris, 2% Sauvignon Blanc, 1% Muscat

Professional Ratings

91 Wine Enthusiast
Lemonade and lilacs should be a album title—instead it’s Kung Fu Girl’s perfume, along with a touch of spearmint. Lemondrop hard-candy and ripe apricot flavors Shaolin kick their way through a wall of electric acidity. Dry and crisp, grasshopper
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This is how Washington does riesling, with sunny simplicity, forward in its intention and fruit. There's a lemon-apple scent and citrusy acids, bright, zesty flavors?not complex, just delicious.

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Charles Smith Wines

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First there was K Vintners, then the Magnificent Wine Company and now winemaker Charles Smith brings you his latest revelation. Charles Smith Wines: The Modernist Project is a response to how people generally consume wine today, that is immediately…as in immediately after being purchased at a market, restaurant or bar, to be drunk straight away. Wine in this category is typically either simple, or is a wine that would be much better a few years down the road. 'Modernist Project' wines are about putting as much into the bottle as possible. The intent is to create wines to be enjoyed now, but with typicity with regards to variety—that is merlot that tastes like merlot—and to the vineyard—wine that tastes like where it was grown. The wines are full of flavor, balanced, and true to their place of origin.

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Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.

Ancient Lakes Wine

Columbia Valley, Washington

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Ancient Lakes sits on the western edge of the Columbia Basin near the town of Quincy. Here the complex soil patterns of basalt and sedimentary bedrock, topped by Quincy loam and windblown loess, support Riesling, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Syrah and Merlot.

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